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UK peer: No hope of peace if Netanyahu is PM of Israel

October 8, 2024 at 2:04 pm

Lord Michael Levy, former Labour Party fundraiser, arrives for the funeral of Philip Gould at All Saints church in London on November 15, 2011 England [Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images]

A UK Labour Party peer has warned that the situation in the Middle East could “blow-up”.

Lord Michael Levy, the former Middle East adviser to Tony Blair, told BBC Radio 5 Live yesterday: “The whole Middle East is potentially in a blow-up situation. And if that happens … how much further can that go for all of us in the world today, there must be a way forward.

“I don’t think there’s any hope for peace with [Israeli Prime Minister] Netanyahu in power,” he added. “I would like to think that Netanyahu could be part of a positive way forward. Regrettably, I just don’t think that is possible at all.”

If Netanyahu was not at the helm “we could have a very different scene in Israel,” he said, “there may be some hope forward for a peaceful solution.”

The continued subjugation of the Palestinian people cannot continue if Israel is to live in peace, he explained.

“You cannot keep a people down any longer, and the terror within the Palestinian people must stop. They must have a future.”

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